Weather Records on 22 January 1956

410 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 January 1956. Highest significance: Oakey Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 22 January 1956

On 22 January 1956, 410 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
72 were record highs and 22 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 16 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 380 daily.
Oakey Post Office set an all-time record daily precipitation of 215.1 mm (8.5 in) on 22 January 1956.
Across 158 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 476 records.

Record Map

410 stations

410 station records on 22 January 1956 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 January 1956: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Oakey Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	215.1 mm (8.5 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Balgownie West	Australia	Record daily precipitation	200.4 mm (7.9 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Pikedale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	202.7 mm (8.0 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Pittsworth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	180.6 mm (7.1 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Jimbour State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Struth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Chinchilla Water Treatment Pla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	117.1 mm (4.6 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Boonara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Gunbower	Australia	Record daily precipitation	171.5 mm (6.8 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Inglewood Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	109.5 mm (4.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Mount Irving	Australia	Record daily precipitation	166.6 mm (6.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Fernflat	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Somerset	Australia	Record daily precipitation	113.8 mm (4.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Acland Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	153.4 mm (6.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Madowla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Deepwater Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Calliope Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	144.5 mm (5.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Millmerran Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	107.4 mm (4.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Eagles Nest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Dalmorton Homestead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.9 mm (4.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kurrowah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Miles Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Brooklana	Australia	Record daily precipitation	177.8 mm (7.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Milman	Australia	Record daily precipitation	171.2 mm (6.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Glenelg	Australia	Record daily precipitation	156.2 mm (6.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Warrabah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	129.8 mm (5.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Whetstone Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Dandaloo (Skye)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Gladysvale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Victoria Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Legume (New Koreelah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Letjiebos (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Turallin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	103.9 mm (4.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tenterfield (Federation Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	107.7 mm (4.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Clifton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kingaroy Prince Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Lindsay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	122.7 mm (4.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Haden Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	169.7 mm (6.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Leyburn Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	134.1 mm (5.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Melva	Australia	Record daily precipitation	105.2 mm (4.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Megan (the Mount)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	134.1 mm (5.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Iguala (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Carawatha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Old Koreelah (White Swamp (Ede	Australia	Record daily precipitation	148.3 mm (5.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Dalby Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Warra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Belah Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Condamine Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Toowoomba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	156.7 mm (6.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mundubbera	Australia	Record daily precipitation	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kindon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Taroom Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cambooya Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	156.5 mm (6.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Goombungee Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	175.5 mm (6.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Spring Bluff Railway STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	170.2 mm (6.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Back Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	130.3 mm (5.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Rivertree (Myall)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Dordrecht - Tnk 14	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.5 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Waco	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Greenmount Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.9 mm (4.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

410 records

Records set or tied on 22 January 1956 by type: Highest daily maximum 24, Lowest daily maximum 18, Highest daily minimum 48, Lowest daily minimum 4, Heaviest daily rainfall 276, Heaviest daily snowfall 27, Deepest snow cover 13.

Records on 22 January 1956 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	24
Lowest daily maximum	18
Highest daily minimum	48
Lowest daily minimum	4
Heaviest daily rainfall	276
Heaviest daily snowfall	27
Deepest snow cover	13

Records on 22 January 1956 by timescale: all-time 16, monthly 14, daily 380.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

355 broken records

Margins by which the 355 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 230.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 January 1956

Top 20 records on 22 January 1956 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 January 1956	Oakey Post Office, AU	all-time rain	215.1 mm (8.5 in)	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	30 years	74 of 100 (Major)
22 January 1956	Balgownie West, AU	all-time rain	200.4 mm (7.9 in)	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	16 years	72 of 100 (Major)
22 January 1956	Pikedale, AU	all-time rain	202.7 mm (8.0 in)	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	8 years	69 of 100 (Major)
22 January 1956	Pittsworth, AU	all-time rain	180.6 mm (7.1 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	65 years	67 of 100 (Major)
22 January 1956	Jimbour State School, AU	daily rain	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	65 years	66 of 100 (Major)
22 January 1956	Struth, AU	daily rain	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	76.4 mm (3.0 in)	64 years	65 of 100 (Major)
22 January 1956	Chinchilla Water Treatment Pla, AU	daily rain	117.1 mm (4.6 in)	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	62 years	64 of 100 (Major)
22 January 1956	Boonara, AU	daily rain	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	60 years	62 of 100 (Major)
22 January 1956	Gunbower, AU	all-time rain	171.5 mm (6.8 in)	64.6 mm (2.5 in)	6 years	61 of 100 (Major)
22 January 1956	Inglewood Post Office, AU	daily rain	109.5 mm (4.3 in)	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	44 years	60 of 100 (Major)
22 January 1956	Mount Irving, AU	all-time rain	166.6 mm (6.6 in)	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	9 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1956	Fernflat, AU	daily rain	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1956	Somerset, AU	daily rain	113.8 mm (4.5 in)	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1956	Acland Post Office, AU	all-time rain	153.4 mm (6.0 in)	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	19 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1956	Madowla, AU	daily rain	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	72.3 mm (2.8 in)	37 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1956	Deepwater Post Office, AU	daily rain	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	64 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1956	Calliope Station, AU	daily rain	144.5 mm (5.7 in)	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1956	Millmerran Post Office, AU	daily rain	107.4 mm (4.2 in)	89.1 mm (3.5 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1956	Eagles Nest, AU	daily rain	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	80.2 mm (3.2 in)	22 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1956	Dalmorton Homestead, AU	daily rain	101.9 mm (4.0 in)	60.8 mm (2.4 in)	22 years	51 of 100 (Notable)

Significance is a score from 0 to 100 combining margin, the age of the old record and the length of the station's record. How it is computed.

The Same Date in Other Years

1795 to 1956

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1956. 1956 had 410 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 01-22 in each year
Year	Records
1795	2
1796	1
1800	1
1823	1
1829	2
1838	1
1840	1
1845	1
1850	2
1853	1
1863	1
1867	1
1872	1
1873	1
1874	2
1876	1
1878	1
1879	1
1880	3
1881	3
1884	4
1887	1
1888	1
1891	3
1892	5
1893	1
1894	4
1895	5
1896	5
1897	5
1898	6
1899	11
1900	3
1901	3
1902	17
1903	14
1904	12
1905	3
1906	59
1907	16
1908	8
1909	31
1910	67
1911	16
1912	4
1913	16
1914	30
1915	30
1916	48
1917	163
1918	71
1919	27
1920	32
1921	37
1922	27
1923	52
1924	268
1925	208
1926	259
1927	453
1928	84
1929	260
1930	741
1931	138
1932	198
1933	845
1934	372
1935	461
1936	597
1937	888
1938	276
1939	261
1940	599
1941	237
1942	543
1943	1,300
1944	247
1945	129
1946	341
1947	283
1948	565
1949	365
1950	539
1951	255
1952	753
1953	202
1954	621
1955	384
1956	410
1957	789
1958	417
1959	712
1960	443
1961	1,100
1962	733
1963	574
1964	525
1965	476
1966	864
1967	1,041
1968	684
1969	830
1970	1,675
1971	323
1972	524
1973	692
1974	558
1975	469
1976	958
1977	617
1978	819
1979	897
1980	578
1981	1,192
1982	1,941
1983	974
1984	1,220
1985	1,365
1986	523
1987	1,339
1988	1,140
1989	625
1990	830
1991	654
1992	458
1993	1,700
1994	1,054
1995	1,125
1996	698
1997	1,521
1998	591
1999	1,709
2000	1,019
2001	462
2002	1,126
2003	756
2004	605
2005	1,242
2006	924
2007	1,249
2008	795
2009	1,031
2010	1,205
2011	817
2012	659
2013	785
2014	808
2015	605
2016	837
2017	1,197
2018	927
2019	635
2020	510
2021	547
2022	612
2023	630
2024	940
2025	1,485
2026	230

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Data for records on 1956-01-22: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

Sources: Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Made with Natural Earth. Public domain map data. Borders are Natural Earth's de facto depiction. Data as of 2026-10-17 (17 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	309
50 to 100	39
100 to 150	6
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1